The Sun. — London, England, 1818-06-25 00:00:00

SUSSEX ELECTION. AFT ER the handsome manner in which Sir GoDFR EY tvEllsTElt's Friends came forward at the Close of the Poll, to thank Mr. SUGDEN for his ntanle and gentletnanne conduct., and after Sir GODFREY WEBSTER and Mr. 5UCir DEN had heartily thaken hands with each other, whilst the whole Hall rang with applause, the Frietitl, of the latter Gentleman did nut expect that a garbled and partial statement of the transaction would have appeared in 'nog of the Pahl;c Papers. After 11It'% SUGDI-",N'S Carcass at Brighton no Saturday, Sir (R)I)FREY IVEBSTER de clined the contest, and insetted an Advertisement to that ef fect in the Lewes Journal. Mr. BURRELL and Mr. SUG bEN, with the swords in their hands, were on the point of being elected, olicu a violent Speech from Mr. BLACK MAN, of Lewes, against the Ministers, and against Mr. BUIIItELL, fur having voted fur the Suspension of the Ha beas Corpus Act, whilst Sir G. W.EBSTER voted Oh- other way, drew faith applati.e from the populace who occupied the nail. Sir GODFREY'S Friends rallied. A Relation proposed him, and Mr. BLACKMAN seconded bins. Ile was swot for, am! the whole Comity was put in motion. The affair had the appearance of a romance. When Mr. SUGDEN, in a slimily manner, told Sir G. wlinsint to his face, that he opposed him because he thought him not a fit person to represent the Comity, as he hail not attended to his Patna racntary duties. 'iv, declaration was of .course received with disapprohatiins by the Baronet's Friends, and Sir GODFREY, 'at it is stated, faced Mr. SUGDEN, and viewed hint from bead to foot ; hot it is not stated that Mr. St IMEN left e,ll speaking and faced Sir GODFREY manfully, until the latter turned his upon him, and then Mr. SUGDEN made a powerful appeal to tho Freeholders, w hi c h was rece i ve d w i t h greA applause. At the close of the contest Sir GODFREY stepped forward and id ered his hand to Mr. SUGDEN, which 'was cordially accepted, and Sir GODFREY's Friends, as w,,•11 as the other respected Member lot Stissett, joined in their expressions of Admiration of Mr. St'GDEN's Comhiet throughout the Contest; and there were few Gentlemen in the Hail who did not honour Mr. SUGDEN, by requesting him to shake bands with them. T;l3 ELECTORS OF GREAT BRITAIN: Pio !lege, Lege. Arig et focis. Cat entlo tutus. Et.tc-rons ! Freeborn iir icon; !--pause awhile at 116 , 111: , inei)tons period, when the powers with svhich you invest your Parliamentary Representa tives are surrendered to your hands. Be 'not hasty—he not inconsiderate in lending your solTrAge, or using your interest, to bes.ow a share hi legislative power upon any man whose princi ples lease not been explicitly declared,—whose character von do not know ta Le free from pre iodiced attachment to party interest ;—trust not your best and dearest rights with one of doubtful attachment to his country—be well assured that the Caudidate who seeks the trust be worthy every Way to possess it ;—/mt, above a//, most strictly scrutinize Iris attachment' to the free and noble CotasTyrtmos: which has been handed down to us from the glorious REFORMATION. Fellow British ! inhabitants of_ this happy Isle, on which the Sun of Protestant Liberty, dawning at that auspicious era, dispelled the shades of ignorance which darkened all our land, dissolved the slavish spell which superstition twined around her people, and u hose rays have hitherto chased the clouds that would fain englvom his light— mark the hmestimable fruits the genial influence has nourished and orttored ;—guard with a jealous care your enviable lot, your invaluable privileges, and entrust them to those alone who pledge them selves to their support--to the support at that main pillar on which our civil and religions rights and liberties, nod our all, depends—the PROTESTANT ESTABLISHMENT, the " good old Protestant C3115e," as it was formerly proclaimed : and shall it be no longer supported? Vatiotts, and alas ! hut too successful, were the attempts in the late Parliament to shake this pillar at our Church and State. Britons !--shall it tall ? Shall the Emissa ries and infatuated or designing Adherents of the presumptuous Roman Pontiff blind your senses svith their specious representations ? Bear in mind that most tremendous attribute he blasphemously claims—infallibility and immutability; combine it with his thirst for universal temporal dominion, which he deems his right As " Prince over all na tions and all Kingdoms" of the earth, and while you yet dare to exercise your judgment, think on the degree of credibility to he attached to the statements they have lately presented before you. Are we the Members of a Protestant Establish ment—" the eldest of her heretical sisterhood," the dead, unprofitable branch" of the true vine, destined to be cut down and cast into the fire, and already damned beyond a hope of Salva tion—to attempt whose overthrow' - ht a duty (and a profitable one too, for it ensures their 30111'S salvation, spite of every other crime ! 1) and to deComplish it any deceit is pardonable, and mental reservation explicitly declared allowable—are we, I say, so blinded as to receive their protestations It friendship unsuspectingly ? Recall the record on the Monumeot in your Metropolis—forget not the bloody hurt ors of the memorable Smithfield!, look back upon the page of his tory, and mark rite well attested fact 3' sealed by the blood of Christian Mari yrs—PItOTESTANTi, innumerable victims of their ambitious zeal ! And shall we, forgetful of our Country's former sorrows, neglect to demand a pledge for the preservation of our Constitution trOill the inroads of Popish influence, and thereby risk the attainment of political power by those whoise nhimate aim would be our exter mination, or our abject slavery ? No, my brother Protestants—it must not, cannot be ! Upon this point then let us unanimously put the principles of those whom we are about to set over us to the test, but if unhappily these means shall fail to secure time darling object of every loyal British heart, time for hesitation must be no longer— then—ere the evil become irremediable—my fellow Countrymen of every class, let us join one and all against the approaches of the Anti-Christian Usurper—the COIIIIIIOII enemy to the civil and re ligious rights of all mankind, and let it be felt, that while life animates a Briton's heart, that life shall be devoted to the service of his Country— to the inviolable preservation of her RELIGION, Lteetert, knit tier Laws ALBERT. - WESTMINSTER ELECTION. sixTti DAY. The Covent-garden U Was resumed yester day, bui the mob were less outrageous titan on the'preeeding day, in consequence of the absence of Sir i• 1. Maxwell, who was kept, as we have already stated, from the hustings by s e vere indis position, in consequence of the violence offered to hint on Tuesday. The numbers were announced at the usual time, and «•ere as tolinws Sir Samuel Itornilly ....30ta I Sir Mnrr,y Maxwe11....2693 sir FrAncis Burdutt r Mr. limit In coniegucnce of the absence ut Sir M. MAXWELL, Mr. HUNT took his place on the linstings, and first addressed the populace. He said l►e appealed - there iii consequence - of Sir M. Maxwell's being ill used by the populace. That to which he had alluded would not have, happened if Sir M.. Max-• well had appeared before the electors of West minster merely as an Englishman. He (Mr. Hunt) wanted no constables to protect him trut►t any thing of the kind, -though a corrupt press had done every thing in its power to inflame the pub lic, m ind AgAinst biro. 11311 he been so assailed, would there have been One constable found to a hand in his dehurce ?—(" Every one," several voices exelaimed.)—The first day he had appeared on the hustings, he and his friends had been in sulted by the police ; by the Constable of 'West minster, and those under him. That man (the High Constable) bad threatened to wri►ig his (Hunt's) nose off his lice, though he had not t..ourage to make the attempt. Mr. Ltill (the High Constable) said, he .bad threfflened to wring Mr. Hunt's nose, it he called " a blackguard ;" as he had done on tl►e oc casion alluded to, and finder sucl► circumstances, he (Mr. Lee) would again act as he had done . then. Mr. HUNT said, the High Constable had - next collared his brother, a young man who was. deaf and dumb. I.,Fe„ in reply to this, saiol he could not know that the person alluded to was deaf, and had been obliged to stop hint, because when he spoke to him with civility, lie was not attended to. Mr. Hest went on to assert, that if any riot had occurred, it was all owing to the int.tmous conduct of the constables. lie then proceeded to abuse the rtporters connected with the news papers. A GRNTLEISIAN connected with an Evening Paper asserted what had been stated to be a ul tdisehood. He rose to address the crowd, but he tumult was su great 'that be could not be ►earl, Mr. INN'!" went on at some length in his usual style, and pointed out one person who had offended him, as a hired spy in the pay of Government. His speech called forth much disapprobation, and some applause. Mr. D. KINNAIRD feelingly lamented the injury which Captain Maxwell bad received after he re tired front the hustings on the preceding day, and contended that a British Officer was entitled to their protection. It he came there as the instru ment of the Government, it was not on the indi vidual that they ought to vent their• resentment, but on those who sent him there. They ought to carry their indignation to the doors of the Trea sury, and not to the private dwelling of Sit M. Maxwell. He described the conduct of Lord Castlereagh, in coming there to vote for Sir M. Maxwell, • lust before he left town for Ireland, to be insulting to the Electors of Westminster, and he hoped they would never forget it. He con gratulated them on the state of the poll—pro nounced an eloquent panegyric on Sir F• Burdett— strongly insisted on the necessity of a Reim m in Parliament, and concluded by calling on the Electors to give plumpers for their favourite Candidate. Mr. HENRY Et.us then presented himself, and taking a very prominent situation on the trout addressed the meeting as follows : " GENTLEMEN,---AIIOW me to claim your in- (bilge:it attention for a few moments. The con sequences of a blow inflicted by a n►an, either de luded by passion, or maddened by intoxication, have prevented Sir Murray Maxwell from attend ing the hustings this evening, and I now appear before you to- deliver a message with which I an► entrusted from my gallant friend. He has directed me to say, that nothing but the most absolute phy sical inability should have prevented hint from ap pearing at his post—no treatment winch he had ex perienced could induce hint to forsake what lie con sidered t o be his public fact,he felt prouder of the contumely and insults to which be had been exposed in the maintenance of a good cause, than of the most brilliant temporary applause purchased by the sacrifice of personal integrity and self-re spect. Having delivered the message of my gal lant friend, I may perhaps be excused for adding some short expression of my personal feeling to w•rrds Sir Murray Maxwell. You may well imagine that the strongest feelings of personal friendship, and the highest motives of public duty, could alone induce me to obtrude myself upon your notice. I have lived in the same ship with bins for months, and I am, therefore, anxious to repel, front my own knowledge, the charge of cruelty which lias been preferred against him. 1 believed time never• existed a man who more happily tempered the necessary strictness of naval discipline with the affection of ti ' parent. The effect of Sir Murray Maxwell's conduct was most happily evinced on the momentous occurrence of shipwreck : in that fearful moment every eye was turned to hin► for consulatiot► and support, and every wind derived confidence from his orders. His commands were executed not with the mere subser'•iency of disci pline, but with the ready obedience of diilthyn. Sir Murray was the father of his men. The oppo sition, therefore, directed against Sir Murray ought not to be personal. Is it, therefote, to Iris pro fession I Your l'ar•liamentary annals will tell you, Gentlemen, that it lies been the boast of the City of Westminster to seleCt Naval Officers for their Representatives; and, Gentlemen, I think that I can venture to assign the motive. Naval Officers, from the nature of their service, Bre little mixed with the domestic poli , ics or factions of their country. " Th.eir march k o'er the moontitm ware, " Their home is on the deep: . [Here the hissilig and ilootivg by the rabble completely interrupted Mr. E11 . u2, and he c,included by saying, that h e \void(' not further force himself upon their notice, but should conclude by declar ing, ail, if they returned Sir M. Maxwell, they would du j.istice to the character of that gallant Officer, and he might add, even do honour to themselves.] Mr. \Visit ART addressed the 'Meeting on the state of the poll, but was grossly insulted by the crowd. lle called on the Electors to make a vigorous effort in behalf of Sir Samuel Romilly to-morrow. Mr. CLEARY would not congratulate the ;,roved on the state of the poll, because Sir Francis was not vet at the head of it. lie had, however, to rejoice in the triumph of the day, as the Honour able Baronet had gained 151 votes on one Can didate, and was nearly 200 above the other. lie. %would have been at the head of the poll if they had not been annoyed on the hustiugs by a set of reptiles called Tax-gatherers, who had sent from the hustings as many electors as would ha ye carried Sir Francis Burdett above Sir S. ltowilly, because they hid not paid their last quartet's poor's rates. Mr. GAce .Tolens spoke with his usual ittecess after which the mob dispersed. MIDDLESEX ELF,CTION. L a st night ahont sixty persons assembled nt the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, in conse quence of placards and hand-bills having been circulated in the course of the day, requesting the att . endance of the Freeholders of the County of Middlesex, precisely at eight o'clock, for the purpost , of proposing Mr. BENNET . as a Candi date for Middlesex, in opposition to Mr. MEL LISH. At half-past eight o'clock more than 30 per sons were present, and at nine o'clock about 30 more 'arrived. Amongst them tve noticed—Mr. Wish:art, Mr. Beaumont, and J. D. Clark, Esq. Between nine and ten o'clock a consultation took place amongst the chief Reformers, whether it would not be be . st to adjourn, in consequence of the thin attendanCe of the Freeholders of the County. Mr. VtrtinArtT and several others were requested to take the Chair ; hut they declined in conse quence of their not being freeholders. J. H. BRAUNIONT, Ecq• asked the company if any communication had been had with Mr. Ben- net relative to the point proposed. It was answered by some person whose name could not be learned, that his opinion had not been, taken ; but he would give a n answer to tnorr'ow (this day) whether he would stand for Middlesex or not. • Air. J. I). CLARKE W3l then requested to take the Chair ; but l►e declined. lie appeared, like Sir John Falstaff, to be ashamed of his company ; `• be would not march through Coventry with them." lie declined taking the Chair. The Meeting was adjourned to this eventog at eight o'clock, for the purpose of receiving Mr. Bennet's answer to a requisition. KENT COUNTY MEETING, Jtr Half-past Eight at Night. The Election for the Comity of Kent com menced this morning, at I'enenden Heath cent to the town of Maidstone) ; the Candidates were Sir Edkvard Icnatchhtill, Bart., Sir Wm. Geary, Bart., anti WilliAm Philip Hollywood, Esq , nephew of the hite Filmer ilony wood, Esq., formerly a Represewative of the County. At the close of the Poll this evening the numbers were declared to he— • I. Si r Edward Knatchlitill I GO W. P. Honywood, Esq. Sir William Geary The contest is expected to be very severe, as till parties are determined to try their troiost strength. [For the proceedings of the Meeting on Thursday last, see the List page.] WOOTTRN BASS RTT ELECTION.-The circoun stances of this contest are perhaps the most ex traordittary which the present eventful season has produced. 'Abe Borough of Wootten Bassett, in which the houses of VlLLtfuts and ST. Jolts formerly possessed an undisputed influence, had for some years past been disturbed by ;fit Attor ney named Kibblewhite, who has sold his pro perty there to Mr. Pitt, of Cirencester. On the present occasion, Mr. Horace Twiss and Colonel Wray were assisted by the Influence of the ancient families, while Mr. Pitt's party supported Colonel Ellison and Mr. Money. The Mayor, b:ing a strenuous member of Mr. Pitt's party, by whose band and colours he was daily preceded in his progress to and front the poll, appeared to decide the Election by an onosually venturous expedient. voters who tendered for Colonel Ellison and Mr. Money being only 126 (exclusively of one who was given up by their own Counsel, as claim ing to vote for a house which bad been a!ready polled), while the voters for Mr. Twiss awl Col. Wray were 150, it became necessary to strike off such a number of the latter as would leave Mr. Pitt's party a colourable majority. Accordingly, without rejecting one single mau among his own 126, the Mayor boldly cut off 25 of th - e voters who offerer) to poll for Mr. Twiss and ColOttel Wray, and thus gore his friends a majority of ONE. It is worthy of remark, that he had refused a pro posal made before the Election by Mr. 'l'o iss and Colonel Wray for an Assessor to be it greed on by all the Candidates, and paid without expellee to the Mayor. itlr. Twiss awl Colonel Wray have resolved to petition for their own return, and for the censure of the Returning Officer. On Saturday the Proclamation for dissolving Parliament awl summoning a new one to meet on the 4th of August, and also that for electing the Sixteen Peers 'of Scotland on the 24th of July, 181 c, were'read at the. Cross by the Heralds, tke. with the customary formalities. ---;( Edinburgh Courant, June 22.) SACRILEGE.—On Monday morning the. parish church at Bromley, in Alidulesex, was broke open by some villians, who stole from the vestry-room the cloths used for the Cohrunnion table, a pair of candlesticks . , a scarf, and :11. 13s. in cash.— On Saturday aligbt the Swedish Chapel its hinces square was bruise dperf,'and robbed of the a lt a r cloth,. several casKeli;'s;,lo.ands,, &c. &c. ,NO o', MXTII PitIZE AnOVF, E. 1,000 s 1 [s'l' 111 , , 3,600. 44 CAPITALS. TWO OF MUST BE DP.AWN TO-MORROW. — L OIII6IO NISHES. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We are again obliged to (tiler the Tiarti EFI3TLE l 0 . EDINUUHGIt ItLVI EWERS, SeC(Md Part, till TO-1110lrOVI, *,* For LITtIIAnY 11EVILW, BANK of ESGLAN see the First Page. THEATRICAL REGISTER. Pcili)rnied Last Night. fl EAT IIF. norAt, DittlßT-LANE.—Oroimotio : Oroono.s. e 60 Kean; I nioinda, Mrs. Robinson. After which, Three o.d After Marriage. To which was added, The Falls uf" via elf, Tit F.ATRE ROTA L., COVENT-GA It DE7l.—Pizarro : Yuinig ; Cora, Brunton. After which, A 0 "Y the Wedding. To which was added, The Br olien SvOr . allet Pi' Tit F.ATRY. ItnYAL, EN'6l.lSti OPESA, Situ:sp.—A stl l "b f sfertisctuent. After is Inch, The Beg-gars' Opera: lldr v ;3l Mr. Pearl:lan added, Jlatriniony. ARRIVED—I Dublin, 2 Waterford, I Guernsey and I Lisbon, I Hawblirgli. DuE—l Guttenburgli, I France, .-1 lialuburz,4l. • PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAT AT TwELVE tiet,tiCK• " 13 gs.o ' Bank Studs `"";!1 I India Bonds. • ••• • '',g , r4' 3 prr Ct us. Red. 7844 Exch. 8i11.,, 2d•• . 14s • 3} per Cent.... Bsl} Ditto, 2Ad.. ...... 165.1-o,lk 4 trCent , t - • Ba p nk L. Attn.. 201 5- . I 9 t:1 ; 15 Oun.l t f lr .......... ..... ... E. EATON, Stock-Broker. et,' 2, Coroltill,, arid 'Au:bard-stir{ HIGH V'ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-M°51111';1" Morning, 5g niiaute, after 7. Evenilig, 'l3 mutate( ofte rr HF SUNS SOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSUAI AUDCAT ? LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNii,' 25; We received this morning the Paris l'q e d o Sunday last. Those of Monday, which %o re io g this morning, babe not arrived.—The fon° arc extracts : d P"°'''s "PASUS, JuNE'2l.—The Duke an t 5? de Berry dined yesterday with his MeljeslY ` l ,p , Cloud. The King transacted business after ner with the Dnke de Richelieu. r rojt !,‘ The Duke of Wellington received y e ' tc. nt noon, a visit from the Duke de Riclici;ol. e 0 "`Conventions respecting the atliustll:,li' of the liquidation of the claims of toleig li ri io : victual creditors, have been publishe,l, ~11 with England only, agrees upon the 'atonal rir ) of 3,000,000 francs, !or liquidating the cl 4illll British creditors. - " The other Convention between rinc e9. ,o ,4 trig, Great Britain, Prussia, anti Rossi" 91 ,0 upon the creation (as before stated} of a" . 01 - 1 1 relde of 12,040,000 francs, for the liviOtoto pi irate foreign claims generally, whicli distributed 119 fJHOLVS : fra, ' ) 11'5 • 17 , • Anhalt Bernbourg 00` Anlialt Dessau • as(t , t,' , ;4) Anstiia 0 0'7 • Baden • 5 0, ,-, , , C) , n Bavaria . ' , ' , I Bremen.. • • 3a, i 0 0 . , ~ l)eninark €oo, , Spain - OP . • , R„. Roman States... • ' Franlifort .. . ' . . .... '• •• 10 0 0, 0° . Hamburg Hanover • .. • ~,, 0: , Electoral Ile,sc ......................... •• • 4 ," . Grand Duchy of Hesse, including Oldenhin-4. • •" lonian Isles, Isle of France, and otht r territo- , lies, under the dominion of his Britannic c oc'' 16° , ,, ,, : Majesty . - ... '• • 1 00 P". Lubec. ..... • ....................... : Itleckleohtirg :,chwerin. ',II Nlecklenbur:i Sin:Fitz ... ..... , 6,0. Nassau ................................... • . 55 ,0 01 Parma -.••••' - 0 0 0 1,6 0 ' 1 Netherlands „......• 4 0 J aG °ot Portugal ..... ... ' 1 rili , Sia Ren‘se Sardinia Saxony Saxe Gotha ....... .. . ~ .: . . ' l . .- .. . . ............ :. . . .1 . ."•... - . . • . : I ' : 5 3 : :,: : : °° 0 0: 0 :4: Saxe Mcinungen S%IY4C Wcyrnar . ................... .......• •• • . 1 ,9' Sell warzburg .......................... '' ' 0 50, 0° Switzerland ......................... ••• • • q;3 , 00° Ttt,cany ............................ ••• • • • 40t L)° Wultemberg ......................... • • •• • Hanover, Brunswick, Electoral and Pruisian 0,000 llcsse Electoral Hesse and SaclVeyinar ..... • • ..B, oo' Grand Dualiy of llcsse and Baval ia..• ••" •• • 40, 0° , 1: ' Grand Duchy of Hesse', 13atinia; awl. Pcmoiii . • ' /: o,°°' , Saxony and Prussia .. ................. • • ,c'e ' e . Just as we had concluded the ab" ver t, 'l'.'‘ ceived the Paris Papers of M o nday ,I 3 53b0u'' Jioniteur publishes (acidly thc C01iv01ti().1......1 , f ; IS • ip.i. referred to. The following are t'X" .O v iclle , " PAIITS, JUN?. 2' ).--The Palo! ( le P . , vo l,P • t h 111 1 - ( 0 had yesterday another conference " 1 5 about of NVeliington. His Grace, i t is said' i quit Paris• o4 tit bi " Accounts from Stet aril fnen ti°l3 . 0( tr : o sit' t of King of ‘Vtirtembiirz, intends t" tto Congress of Aix•la-Chapelle, "it ] tb3 Le lit. ri tt' Sovereigns of Germany will be Pre Se- A ~ 5 a tlit• di ll QEII '' An exrtlignake was felt the . 4 ' 1 . b s(l' e cru before midnight, in the mountain; ''' .ll4 O C b du ° Bohemia from . Austria. At 1 . - 4 '' . re IN m tr be In r:11 tfi, Ivh 4tl Jes t te at Ind r t , or, %lei,